May 30, 2006
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asphalt Specialties Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Operator changing teeth on loader bucket. Hammer glanced off the segment striking the edge of the tooth. Teeth fragments came off, hitting him in the left forearm. This produced several lacerations, and foreign body retention. Taken to hospital to remove the metalic fragment, and suture of lacerations. Was returned to his normal duties the same day.